Summertime (live) intro revised Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays437

Summertime (live) intro revised by Janis Joplin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, D, G and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
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16
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  			Tabalature notation: 
 
~  => vibrato 
b  => bend 
r  => release bend 
/  => slide up 
  => slide down 
h  => hammer on 
p  => pull off 
PM => palm mute 
 
Tuning: E A D G B E  
 
 
Intro A: (Guitar 1) 
 
   
|-15-14-15--------15-14-15---------|-15-14-15-------------------------| 
|----------15--------------16------|----------151615------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------171514-1514-------| 
|----------------------------------|---------------------------171617-| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|-----------16-15------15-13-11----|-11/13--10---13-11-10---10/11-----| 
|-1415-17--------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|-8---11-10-8---8/10--7--------10--|-8--7--8----10---11-10-8--10-8----| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
 
|----------------------------------|-----6---6/8----------------------| 
|----------------------------------|8-10------------11-10-11--11-10-8-| 
|-10-8-7-8-7--7-------------7-8-10-|----------------------------------| 
|--------------10-8--7-8-10--------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
                        * Intro B start here  
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|-------------8-10-11--11/13~~-----|-11-10-11--11/13~~---11-10-11-11--| 
|-8-6-8-7-8-10---------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
 
|-10-----------------17--15-14-15--|-15-14-15--------15-14-15---------| 
|----11-8-11---10--15--------------|----------15--------------16------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
 
|-15-14-15-------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------151615------------------|---------16-15--------------------| 
|----------------171514-1514-------|-1415-17--------17--15--14--------| 
|---------------------------171617-|----------------------------17----| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|------------15--------------------|----------------------------------| 
|-14--15-17------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
 
Intro B: (Guitar 2) 
 
 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|-4--3------3-------------3--4--3--| 
|-------------------------2--3--5--|---------5----5--2--3--5----------| 
|-------------------3--5-----------|----------------------------------| 
|----------3--5--6-----------------|----------------------------------| 
|-3--5--6--------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|-5--3---5--2--3--2-----2--3--2----|-2-----------------------------2--| 
|--------------------5-----------5-|----3--5-----------------3--5-----| 
|----------------------------------|----------6--5--3--5--6-----------| 
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|  
 
                                                                  
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|--------3--4--3----3--4---3-1-3-4-|-1h3------------------------------| 
|-3--5-----------5-----------------|-----3-5-2-3---2------------------| 
|----------------------------------|-------------5---3-5--------------| 
|----------------------------------|---------------------6-6p3-5------| 
|----------------------------------|------------------------------6-3-| 
 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante